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Markers of bone, cartilage, and synovial tissue w/ knee osteoarthritis – (06-21-01)

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Markers of bone, cartilage, and synovial tissue w/ knee osteoarthritis

More and more, a new theory of osteoarthritis is emerging–one which views OA as a systemic condition affecting the nutrition of the joints surfaces themselves. This could drastically change the way we treat OA. Current Western therapies focus only on the reduction of overall inflammation in an attempt to control pain in the joint and does absolutely nothing to affect the nutrition of the joint surfaces themselves. Besides nutritional therapies to support health cartilage function, chiropractic physicians for years have known that manipulation increases the exchange of fluids out of and into the avascular joint surfaces.

Ann Rheum Dis — Abstracts: Garnero et al. 60 (6): 619

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SOY INTAKE IS PROTECTIVE FOR THE BONE – (05-15-06)

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Cooperative effects of isoflavones and exercise on bone and lipid metabolism in postmenopausal Japanese women

The study strongly illustrates the brilliant orchestra that is our physiology and how, unless researchers understand this dynamic, the wrong message can make it to the public. The isoflavones in soy have been found to be protective for bone, but not in every study. As it turns out, the isoflavones in soy have to been acted on the correct bacteria in the gut to produce equol. Equol is the compound that has consistently been found to protect bone. So, while soy may be protective to bone, this benefit may be reduced in those patients who have ever been on antibiotics or have a disturbed bacterial flora.

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COMPARISON OF THREE TECHNOLOGICALLY DIFFERENT BONE ULTRASOUND DEVICES – (01-15-07)

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Prediction of Hip Fracture Risk by Quantitative Ultrasound: Comparison of Three Technologically Different Bone Ultrasound Devices

One of the problems with current DEXA technology for bone density is that it does not adequately evaluate bone quality; just bone density.  A bone can be very dense and still fracture–bones’ strength comes from it’s amazing architecture with crosslinks and bridges within the bone as well as the strength of bone’s shell – the cortex.  With each step with take, bone actually flexes to some degree.  It is bone’s architecture that keeps it from snapping at this point.

Purely cortical increases in bone density would most likely actually increase the risk of fracture because there would be no “give.”  Ultrasound will likely give us addtional insight into a bone’s quality once we perfect the technique.

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